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Description of Reinventing Britain

There is very little for the general reader that describes what has happened to the constitution since New Labour came to power. "Reinventing Britain" - an edited collection of essays by leading academics and practitioners - aims to fill that gap. Since the election in May 1997, the British state has undergone radical change. For the previous seventy years, constitutional reform had been on the margins of British politics, pursued only fitfully - or coincidentally (as with the country's accession to the European Community). But in the last ten years, we have seen the institutional architecture of the state remodelled and the relationship between citizen and state has been refashioned. New legislatures have been established; Britons have been given new rights; and the country will soon have a new Supreme Court, free of any link to Parliament. The book is in two parts. The first tells a coherent story - of what has happened, how it has happened and why it has happened. The essays in the second half stand back from the narrative and ask - from contrasting standpoints - what this all adds up to. "Reinventing Britain" is an essential read for anyone who cares about our constitution.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781842752081

Pages:

288 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

240395

Publisher:

Methuen

Published:

11/06/2007

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'A must for all those who seek to understand our country and polity' Professor Peter Hennessy


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About Andrew McDonald (Editor)

Andrew McDonald is a civil servant. From 2003 to 2005 he ran the UK government's constitutional reform programme. In 2005-6 he was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He has written on public policy and modern history.